Echo of Fantasy

written for a high fantasy contest

Voices echo in the silence

Speak of a race long ago.

Standing tall among the trees

Emblems of stone

Never decayed, never wearied

Forged into eternity.

 

Creatures with undaunted grace

Precision,  and mystery in their curving features

Sharp as the arrow's tip,

Symbols of an alien beauty

Impossible to conceive in mortal view

 

Eyes stranger still

Catlike and deep

Mystery abounding,

Curiosity, never satisfied, aroused.

Eyes that beheld

The beginning of time

And the final destruction

Wisdom uncomprehended by the mortal mind,

Given only when mercy doth bless it

On a noble traveler, seeker of truth.

Their haunting song turns sad now

Too faint to hold the power

It once commanded,

Speaking of the forgotten legend

Stories so old, they have faded into time,

Creatures that fade as the book is closed

The pen dropped

The memory lost.

Reviews

[the penumbra]

I really enjoyed this, quite elegant yet eerie. For some reason it reminded me of the quote, 'Arbores loqui latine,' which means. 'the trees speak Latin.'

[Ice Girl]

That was really great! I liked how you described it!

[Susanna F]

This is so beautiful and dreamlike. I like that it leaves some room for question - elves? Gods? Some other alien being? Very moving and I love the ending!

[ShameemAkhtar]

Has a sci-fi feel to it

Wee written even though I feel this could have been best developed as a short story

[Jacques]

OMG this offiically rocked my socks . it was a very good and had a sci - fi kick to it which was really good and delivered greatly upon viewing and it definetley was an echo because i'm still hearing the words of this poem in my head . my favourite paragraph is Voices echo in the silence
Tell of a race long ago

Standing tall among the trees

Emblems of stone

Never decayed, never wearied

Forged into eternity

and the fourth paragraph - overall this delivered well on the what it was for a high fantasy contest .

[Miss Marie Riorden.]

It's definatly about elves :3
That's all I can say, and wonderfully written!

-Marie-

[rwar ish me]

very nice; A good piece
~Amai